HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A woman was injured while struggling with a robber on Thursday evening, according to a police report.

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Huntsville police state that the woman was sitting in her car in the 2700 block of Lantern Walk when a man armed with a knife approached the vehicle shortly after 8 p.m. He allegedly opened her car door and grabbed her purse.

The woman broke her finger in the struggle. Her injuries were not life-threatening.